Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys – along with board member Garry Charny and chief operating officer Graeme Hinton – will face plenty of scrutiny at Friday’s NSW Upper House Select Committee hearing into the floated sale and redevelopment of Rosehill racecourse. And rightly so, particularly when it comes to the transparency of Racing NSW’s... Read More

Daggers (AUS) 3 c I Am Invincible – Omei Sword by High Chaparral O: A Kheir, J A O’Neill, S A Lewin, C Schembri, M A Slack-Smith, M Psaltis, Carty Racing, Busuttin Racing, Cunningham Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd, A K Racing, J A K Racing & A M & B S Racing B: Arrowfield Pastoral Pty... Read More

She may have a boy’s name – and not a real boy at that – but in terms of being a wonderful broodmare, Pinocchio (Encosta De Lago) appears to have proven herself the genuine article once again. The grey mare might also have a quite particular taste in stallions, and had an ordinary track record... Read More

Waller also among industry heavyweights to face Upper House Select Committee Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys will front Friday’s second day of hearings into the state government Upper House inquiry into the proposed sale and development of Rosehill racecourse. The ten-person Select Committee, which first sat on July 22 when trainers Gai Waterhouse and... Read More

Illness revealed to be behind shock decision to keep Too Darn Hot in the UK Champion international stallion Too Darn Hot (Dubawi) had to be taken out of service for almost a fortnight during the recent northern hemisphere breeding season, the untimely illness leading to the sire’s shock withdrawal from Australian shuttling duties this spring.... Read More

Riccarton’s Winter Cup (Gr 3, 1600m) got the new season off to a heart-stopping start when Jay Bee Gee (Complacent) got the judge’s nod by the narrowest of margins, a judge that clearly had a much clearer image than we the public were provided. It sure looked like a dead-heat. Winning jockey Kelly Myers also... Read More